Catalog, 1931 - Hoover Library

24 SIXTY-FOURTH ANNUAL CATALOGUE [1930rooms lighted from one side, each twenty-three feet by twenty-five feet, andtwo laboratories; the Chemical on the third floor, twenty-five by seventy feet;and the Physical on the first floor, twenty-five by forty-six feet- Connectedwith the laboratories are dark rooms and store rooms. The whole building isfitted up in a modern way, ventilated by the air-flue system, and supplied withthe usual apparatus for scientific work. The trustees named the building forDr. Thomas H. Lewis,then president of the College.21. THE COLLEGE F ARM.-The College farm, containing sixty-fiveacres and lying directly to the west of the college campus, was purchased in1920 and is conducted in the interest of the college dining-room. The farm isequipped as a model farm, and the College is supplied from it daily withmilk and provisions. This farm is regarded as one of the best farms in Carrollcounty.22. HOFFA ATHLETIC FIELD.-The Hoffa Athletic Field was completedin the spring of 1922, and was opened for use during the Commencementof that year. It was constructed at a cost of $35,000.00, not includingthe cost of the land. It is one of the most complete and up-to-date athleticfields in the eastern part of the United States. The field contains over fiveacres, properly drained, with 9000 feet of tile-drained and concrete gutter; aquarter-mile running track, fourteen feet wide, with a hundred yard straightaway;proper watering facilities; and ample space for tennis courts. The fieldis equipped for all branches of sports, including foot-ball, base-ball, soccer,pushball, dodge-ball, and the like, providing for both men and women. It wasnamed in honor of Mr. Arthur P. Hoffa, of Barton, Md., who presented to theCollege the concrete grandstand.23. McDANIEL HALL.-This dormitory for women was built in 1922.at a cost of approximately $150,000. It has accommodations for 125 women.In in are offices for the Dean of Women, a Social Parlor, and an Infirmaryfor women. It has been fitted out with every modern convenience. It wasnamed in honor of Dr. William R. McDaniel, Vice-President of the College,and for many years head of the Departments of Mathematics and Astronomy.24. The home of the late John L. Reifsnider, Sr., directly south of thecollege campus, was purchased in 1922. This property has been remodeled andis used as the "College Inn."25. SCIENCE HALL.-The new Science Hall, built at a cost of $180,-000, was ready for use September, 1929. On the first floor is a dining hallwhich will accommodate six hundred persons. The second and third floors areused for class rooms and for the biological laboratories.EQUIPMENTLIBRARY.-The library contains more than twenty-three thousand volumes,chosen with special reference to the needs of a working library. It is adepository for government publications and for those of the Carnegie Endowmentfor Universal Peace. The library is open from 9 A. M. to 5 P. M., andfrom 7 P. M. to 9 P. M.